#bitterness

There is no disappointment so numbing...as someone no better than you achieving more. ↗

— Joseph Heller

#envy #achievement

In the desert I saw a creature, naked, bestial, Who, squatting upon the ground, Held his heart in his hands, And ate of it. I said, ‘Is it good, friend?’ ‘It is bitter — bitter,’ he answered, ‘But I like it Because it is bitter, And because it is my heart. ↗

— Stephen Crane

#heart #poetry #poem

There's a lot of bitterness, there's a lot of anger out there. We all have to work hard to heal those wounds. ↗

— Allen Boyd

#bitterness #hard #heal #lot #out

Hurt leads to bitterness, bitterness to anger, travel too far that road and the way is lost. ↗

— Terry Brooks

#bitterness #far #hurt #leads #lost

If bitterness wants to get into the act, I offer it a cookie or a gumdrop. ↗

— James Broughton

#bitterness #cookie #get #i #into

I don't bear any bitterness towards anyone. ↗

— Gloria Trevi

#anyone #bear #bitterness #i #towards

You can't climb up to the second floor without a ladder. When you set your aim too high and don't fulfill it, then your enthusiasm turns to bitterness. Try for a goal that's reasonable, and then gradually raise it. ↗

— Emil Zatopek

#bitterness #climb #enthusiasm #floor #fulfill

Words can be said in bitterness and anger, and often there seems to be an element of truth in the nastiness. And words don't go away, they just echo around. ↗

— Jane Goodall

#around #away #bitterness #echo #element

Three or four years ago, I got really caught up in the movies people were making, the opportunities they were getting, and I was looking at them with bitterness. ↗

— Seth Green

#bitterness #caught #four #getting #got

Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it. ↗

— Harry Emerson Fosdick

#life #love #releases